JLPT N5 • GENERAL

治兵衛は(じへえは)紙屋(かみや)を営み(いとなみ)、溺れていたのは(おぼれていたのは)遊女の(ゆうじょの)小春(こはる)

'The Love Suicides at Amijima' (Shinjū Ten no Amijima) is a masterpiece Ningyo Joruri play that Chikamatsu Monzaemon published several years after 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki'. Although 'Jihei,' who ran a paper shop honestly in Tenma, Osaka, had a clever wife (Osan) and two cute children, he fell deeply infatuated with 'Koharu,' a courtesan at a teahouse in Sonezaki.

❓ Practice Question

近松門左衛門の晩年の傑作『心中天の網島』は、大坂天満の紙屋治兵衛が、妻子がありながら遊女小春と深い馴染みになり、悲劇へと滑り落ちていく物語です。
Explanation

近松門左衛門の晩年の傑作『心中天の網島』は、大坂天満の紙屋治兵衛が、妻子がありながら遊女小春と深い馴染みになり、悲劇へと滑り落ちていく物語です。

English Explanation

Jihei ran a paper shop and was in love with the courtesan Koharu: '紙屋(かみや)...を営む(いとなむ)「治兵衛(じへえ)」...遊女(ゆうじょ)「小春(こはる)」に深く(ふかく)溺れて(おぼれて)いました'.

日本語解説

文章の中に「大坂の天満で真面目に紙屋を営む『治兵衛』...遊女『小春』に深く溺れていました」とあります。

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